Unless and until the venerable old tournament returns to a pre-Masters spot on the PGA Tour schedule, do not expect marquee players to play in our backyard.

There is much golf going on, and there is much golf-related information of interest. But first, there are socks. Yes, the kind we wear on our feet.

Let’s begin at the beginning with beginners, move on to talking about what talkers talk about, talk about walking, then finish up with local finishers.

In case you missed it, fall has arrived. Soon — but surely not soon enough — there will be a crispness to the morning air.

Guilty. As guilty as Felicity Kendall Huffman am I, for not properly having covered the now completed Solheim Cup matches that were contested at Gleneagles, in Scotland.

Nothing really beats the excitement of the imperfect. Wish I had thought of that.

South Shore Harbour head golf professional Jeff Waltzer and assistant golf professional Steve Rupert are serving as team captains for this year’s ClubCorp Champions Classic, Sept. 4-8, at the venerable Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Things do not always turn out the way they should. A recent, glaring example of that played out Saturday in Arlington as the Houston Texans were outplayed by that rival NFL team that purports to be from Dallas but has no home field there. Worse yet were injuries to key players, one of whom w…

Last Sunday’s “America’s Funniest Videos” (AFV) TV show (a repeat because it is that time of year) included a segment called “19 Bad Golfers in 26 Seconds.”

“Drowning in a flood of choices” (Leonard Woolsey, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019) spoke of dialing back choices in life. Thanks for the earworm.

The season-ending FedEx Tour Championship playoffs kick off this week (pun intended). Very much an effort to avoid going heads up against college football and the NFL, the PGA played a revised schedule for 2018-19, a “wraparound” season which ended Sunday afternoon as J.T. Poston picked up h…

Golf Channel analyst and commentator Brandel Chamblee is a former University of Texas All-American player who had a modicum success on the PGA Tour, where he was arguably best known for his sartorial splendor.

While most of us will never hit an out-of-this-world shot, we have, as golfers, all benefited from the space program.

The Open Championship is played each July and always the week that includes the third Friday. I know not why. It all started in the year 1860, and this 148th competition begins early, extremely early, this Thursday.

Regardless of how many times it happens, hearing a non-golfer say he or she enjoys reading my column every week makes my day (no need to mention .44 Magnums here).

The 5th Annual Lawrence J. Del Papa Golf Tournament, benefiting the Lighthouse Charity Team, is coming up fast. Moody Gardens Golf Course is once again the host course, and July 22 is the date.